Legal Opinion
In Re Walters
California Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 1975No. Crim. 18488PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WRIGHT, C. J.
Petitioner Leonard Austin Walters seeks a writ of habeas corpus claiming that the absence of a judicial determination of probable cause for his detention following a warrantless arrest for a misdemeanor renders that detention constitutionally impermissible. (U.S. Const., 4th Amend.; Cal. Const., art. I, §§ 7, 13.) In light of the recent United States Supreme Court decision in Gerstein v. Pugh (1975) 420 U.S. 103 [43 L.Ed.2d 54, 95 S.Ct. 854] we agree with petitioner and hold that a judicial determination of probable cause to hold an arrestee for trial on a misdemeanor…
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